The Maid and the Maple Leaf (Hayasaka Ai x OC Male)

Chapter 25: Volleyball Training

A/N: So it begins, the infamous training arc.

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Ryota's POV. Dream.

A girl is currently talking to me right now. A young girl, probably around six years old.

???: Are you really going far away?

???: Ryo-chan?

Ryota: Yeah. I'm sorry. Well, I'll be moving to my grandparents in the countryside. I don't know for how many years.

???: Why? Why can't you just stay here?

Ryota: It's only temporary. It will take, I don't know for how many years but, we'll eventually return back here.

???: Then, promise me. Promise me that we'll see each other again!

Then she hands out her pinky finger.

???: Pinky promise?

I presented my pinky finger and we wrapped our pinky fingers together, making the promise.

Ryota: Of course! We'll see each other again!

???: T-then, if we saw each other again........

???: Can we be.......you know? What teenagers do. Holding hands? Going out together?

Ryota: I don't know. Maybe I won't be able to recognize you.

???: Don't say it like that! You'll be able to recognize me that easily!

Then I can hear my mother calling out to me.

Koharu: Ryo-chan! It's time to go!

Ryota: Okaaaaay!

Ryota: Well then, I guess this is goodbye.

???: *nods*

???: Goodbye, Ryo-chan.........

Ryota: Goodbye..........

Ryota: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Then I slowly opened my eyes as I found myself inside my room.

Ryota: Must be a dream, huh?

I pondered about what I dreamed last night.

Ryota: A girl, huh? But that girl, I really can't make out of who she is. As if her face is blocked by a mist or something.

Ryota: Also..........I don't know her name. When I tried to say her name.......

Ryota: As if I just became mute.......

Ryota: Ugh........first thing in the morning and it's already giving me headaches!

Then I heard Saya yelling as she is knocking on my door.

Saya: Ryota! Wake up, lazybones!